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August 2006

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New hope for Uganda's child refugees.
08/28/2006 The signing Saturday of an agreement to cease hostilities--and new commitments from both warring parties--provided hope that a lasting peace could finally take hold in one of the world's worst humanitarian disaster zones.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Uganda]
Image: New hope for Uganda's child refugees. © Jonathan L. Wiesner / International Rescue Committee
08/25/2006 770 opettajaksi opiskelevaa aloitti lukukautensa avustusjärjestö UFF:n tukemissa opistoissa Mosambikissa ja Malawissa. Seitsemän kahdeksasta järjestön tukemasta opistosta sijaitsee Mosambikissa. Maan opetusministeriö on asettanut tavoitteeksi peruskoulun tarjoamisen kaikille lapsille.
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Related: [Malawi] [Mozambique] [Education]
Flood survivors remove debris from a flood-damaged house in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
08/23/2006 ActionAid is warning that the death toll due to flooding in Ethiopia could rise substantially in the next few days. Many of the 50,000 people made homeless by the floods are in danger of catching various life-threatening diseases, the agency said.
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Image: Flood survivors remove debris from a flood-damaged house in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. © OCHA / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Money to be exchanged in Zimbabwe.
08/22/2006 A Monday deadline for Zimbabweans to exchange their old dollars for new denominations, intended to help ease the pain of near 1,000 percent hyperinflation, struck chaos upon the country.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related: [Zimbabwe]
Image: Money to be exchanged in Zimbabwe. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Children in the Palabek Kal camp in Uganda.
08/21/2006 After 20 years of war, peace is a real possibility as negotiations continue between the Ugandan government and rebel groups. Travel with Oxfam's Clare Rudebeck to discover what everyday life is like for those caught in between.
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From: Oxfam Great Britain
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Image: Children in the Palabek Kal camp in Uganda. © Beatrice Karanja / Oxfam Great Britain
08/21/2006 Nigeria's National Information Technology Development Agency and the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion at the weekend signed a Memorandum of Understanding to increase information communication technology penetration in Nigeria.
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Related: [Nigeria] [Seychelles] [South Korea] [International Cooperation] [ICT]
08/18/2006 from NextBillion.net blogs:
'If we simply adopted the rural Ugandan model of energy production, we could still enjoy all the virtues of American culture while avoiding its vices, namely obesity.'
Image: Get the kids cycling to wash their clothes

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Related: [Uganda] [United States] [Renewable Energy] [Media]
Members of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission.
08/16/2006 Eleven agencies in Kenya have agreed to share information, including classified intelligence reports, to form a common front in the fight against corruption.
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From: allAfrica.com
Related: [Kenya]
Image: Members of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission. © Maxwell Agwanda/East African Standard / allAfrica.com
Many children suffer as soldiers because of the current conflict in Uganda.
08/11/2006 Current peace talks represent a great opportunity to end one of the world's "worst humanitarian nightmares," but U.S. ambivalence is undermining hopes for peace, say the co-founders of a grassroots Uganda advocacy group.
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From: Foreign Policy In Focus
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Image: Many children suffer as soldiers because of the current conflict in Uganda. © World Vision United States
Zimbabwe's agriculture from above.
08/10/2006 Land reform began in Zimbabwe in 2000 in order to redistribute land from white-owned commercial farms to much poorer black communal farmers. "Before" and "after" maps show the plan's failure in graphic detail--Zimbabwe's farms are now slowly collapsing, to the detriment of all.
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From: Center for Global Development
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Image: Zimbabwe's agriculture from above. © Center for Global Development
President Yusuf Ahmed (center) with aides.
08/08/2006 In the face of rising opposition by proponents of Islamic law, Somalia's interim president has given his prime minister one week to form a new "leaner and more efficient" government.
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From: OneWorld US
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Image: President Yusuf Ahmed (center) with aides. © Hilaire Avril / United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
08/07/2006 In video interviews, Kenyan women explain why condoms are vital forms of protection against HIV and why, in their culture, abstinence-only programs can sometimes do more harm than good.
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From: Population Action International
Related: [Kenya]
08/03/2006 Suomalaiset koululaiset ja opiskelijat keräsivät lukuvuonna 2005-2006 yli 300 000 euroa tansanialaisten koululaisten hiv- ja aids-valistukseen Operaatio Taksvärkki 05-06 -keräyksellä. Keräyksen järjesti Taksvärkki ry.
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From: Taksvärkki ry
Related: [Tanzania ] [International Cooperation]

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